Re: [RFC] ss: Checking selected network ports

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Oct 22 2019 - 02:01:28 EST


> If you use netlink operations directly, you can have the kernel filter
> on various criteria and only get the socket entries you are interested in.

Do any developers care to take another look at current software design options?


> This whole discussion has zero to do with what text format 'ss' outputs.

Is there a need to improve the software documentation any further?

Which programming interface should be used to check the receive queue
for a single port (without retrieving more network data before)?

Regards,
Markus